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Um

An expression used to show contentment for something

📖 Definitions of "Um"

interjection

1
An expression used to show contentment for something
"Mmm, this is a tasty pie!"
2
An expression used to show thought or reflection
"Mmm, I see what you mean."
3
An expression used to show being muffled or not able to speak clearly, as well as "mmph".
4
Yes.

verb

interjection

1
Expression of hesitation, uncertainty or space filler in conversation. See uh.
"Let’s see... um... how about this?"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
tiddleverb	(childish, UK) To urinate.
karnoun	(marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car. [A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.]
baknoun	A wooden clapper used in Korean courts and rituals
epnoun	(informal) episode (of a TV serial, etc.)
trenoun	Obsolete form of tree. [A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.]
uhnoun	An occurrence of the interjection "uh".
ernoun	An occurrence of the interjection "er".
uhhnoun	—
uhmnoun	—
ummverb	Alternative form of um (“to make the umm sound to express confusion or hesitancy”). [(intransitive) To make the um sound to express uncertainty or hesitancy.]
hmmnoun	(intransitive) To make a thoughtful humming noise.
mmm	МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time, in the 1990s.
ahnoun	To give a cry of "ah".
ehnoun	To use the interjection eh.
huhnoun	A surname.
likeverb	To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
sonoun	Very (positive or negative clause).
wellnoun	(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
you know	—
i mean	—

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